Transitional housing is a very useful resource for people in Ridgewood, New York who have completed a drug treatment program but still require time to fully re-acclimate to normal life and the real world. To a person who has abused drugs and alcohol to self medicate and particularly for long term addicts, the world can feel like a formidable place now that he or she has to endure life without alcohol or drugs. Transitional housing in Ridgewood offers a secure setting where those who are in this phase of the drug rehab experience can little by little become at ease with the idea of rebuilding their life without drugs and becoming independent. While in transitional housing recovering addicts can continue to receive one-on-one and group counseling as needed to help them along, and also to find stable employment and housing so that they have a good chance at remaining abstinent and being to lead a productive and happy life.